VOLUME I. (continued 5)

Of Mysenus entyrment at was slane, And quhou Eneas fand the goldin grane.

Ene, with drery cheir, and eyn down cast, Levand the cave, furth on his way is past, And in his breste gan rollyng all on raw Thir onkouth chancis, wondir strange to knaw.10 Achates, hys traste frend, furth by hym went, Ilk step and pays musyng the sammyn entent: Ful mony diuers sermondis betwix thame two Talkand and carpand oft quhar as tha go; Dowtsum quhilk of thar feris this might be,15 The prophetes thame tald was done to de, Or quhat corps was this scho thame bad bery. And, as thai come apon the strandis dry, Thai gan behald, ligging in the ilk sted, Mysenus new slane be onworthy ded;20 Mysenus, Eolus son, nane mair cunnand Ostis to assembill with brasyn trump in hand; That, with his sovnd and weirly blastis, oft sys The martial curage maid in brestis rys. Sum tyme he was ane of gret Hectoris feris; About Hector evir hantit he the werys, Now blawing with his trump maste craftely,5 Now with a speir jonand hys mastir by: Eftir Achil reft him the lyfe in wer, Til dowchty Ene this forcy chyvaler Adionyt hes him self in falloschip, A man of na les prowes nor wirschip.10 Bot now, percace, with his boys trump as he Went onprowisitly blawand by the see, To stryfe prowoking the goddis with his springis, Gif it be lesum to trast sa schameful thingis, Triton the God, havand tharat dispite,15 Or he was war, him hyntis, and dyd smyte Amang the fomy rolkis law adown, And in the salt wallys the man gan drown. Quharfor about his corps with gret clamour The Troianys stude murnand, and maid dolour;20 Bot principaly the rewthfull Eneas. Sibillais heste, as he commandit was, Tho sped in haist forto perform weping: For the sepulcre funerale fyre or byng, Ane hepe of treis thai pres onone to dycht,25 And vp onto the hevynnys rays on hight. Ontil ane ancyent forest socht thai then, Entrand in mony dern wild bestis den: Ful of roset down bet is the fyr tre; Smyte with the ax dyd rayr the akis hie;30 Gret eschin stokkis tumlys to the grond; With weggeis schydit gan the byrkis sovnd; The felloun elmys weltis down the hillys. Ene him self alsso, with ful gude willys Into sik warkis, with the first, al day5 For tobe bissy gan his feris pray, With loome in hand fast wirkand lyke the laif; And in hys breste gan to and fra consaif, Ful hevely, thir materis war betyde, Behaldand the large wod on athir syde,10 Thar as he stude thus makand hys prayer: Wald God ȝon goldyn branch list now appeir, And kyth the self to ws in this forest! Sen lo, al thing the prophetes exprest Of the, Mysenus, ar our trew, allace!15 Skars war thir wordis said, quhen, in that place, A payr of dowis fra hevin come with a flycht, And richt forgane the mannys face dyd lycht, And on the grene sward thar place tuke law. This rial prynce, alssone as he thame saw,20 His moderis byrdis knew, and blithly than Hys orison hes maid, and thus began: O haly fowlys, gif the way may be went, Be ȝe my gydis to compleit myne entent; Addres ȝour cours throu owt the ayr in hy25 Onto that haly schaw, with soyl myghty, Quhar as that rych branch the grond ourheildis. And ȝe, my blissit moder, that our beild is Into this dowtsum cace, be nocht away; I ȝou beseik be favorabil to our way.30 And prayand thus, efter the spamen werd, He prentit baith his futsteppis in the erd, Behaldand redly quhat syngnys thai schaw, Or quhidder thai mark, etand, pasyng on raw. Thai at the last gan flychtir furth a space,5 Half stalkand on the grond a soft pace, Sa fer befor Achates and Ene As thai mycht weil behald thame with thar E. And alssone as thai come to the entre Of Avernus, that stynkand hellys see,10 Vprays thai swyftly, and in the moste ayr Flaw furth, and syne gan alycht and repair Apon thar segys, quhar thame list tobe, Of divers naturis perkit on the tre, Throw quhais branchis, of seir hewis mony ane,15 The brycht glittyrrand goldin cullour schane. Lyke as ful oft, in chil wyntiris tyde, The gum or glew, amyd the woddis wide, Is wont to seym ȝallow on the grane new, Quhilk nevir of that treis substance grew,20 With saffron hewit frute doyng furth sprowt, Circulis and wymplis rownd bewis abowt: Siklyke was of this gold the figur brycht, That burgionyt fayr on the rank akis hycht. Evir as the branch for pypand wynd reboundit,25 The goldin schakeris ratlis and resoundit. Eneas smertly hynt the grayn at schone, And, but delay, hes rent it dovn anone; Desyrus to compleit hys way alssua, Bair it onto the hald of Sibilla.30 And netheles Troianys, this ilk tyde, Mysenus deth bewalit at the cost syde, Onto the dolorus onsilly body Funeral seruyce completand by and by. At the begynnyng first vp hie thai beild5 A huge heip or byng amyd the feild, Of dry ayk schydis and fat roset treys: Al sydis tharof, als fer as ony seys, Was dek and coverit with thir dedly bewis, And wild cipres, the tre of mortall hewys;10 The top abufe arrayit was at richt, And adornyt with schynand armour bricht. Sum spedis to graith hait watir bissely In caldronys playand on the fyre fast by: The cald ded corps is weschin and invnct,15 Embalmyt with rich gummys euery junct. Thai schowting, gowling, and clamour, abowt him maid; The body syne bewalit haue thai laid In a soft bed, and thar abuf was spred Purpour robbis, quharwith he wont was cled:20 Sum on thar schulderis the gret beir vpbair, A dulful office, with mony sob and rayr, And, as the maner of tendir frendis is, For sorow thar facis writhis away, I wys, Puttand the kyndling in with hait fyre brand.25 Gret hepis of cens vpblesit fra hand to hand; Cowpis and goblettis warpit in the fyre, Ful of oyl dolyve, brynt vp brycht and schyre. Eftir all was fallin in puldir and in as, And the gret heit of flambis quynchit was,30 The reliqueis and the dry ammeris syne Thai sloknyt, and gan weschin with sweit wyne: The banys, walit by and naitly chosit, Choryneus in a brassyn twn hes closit; And this ilk man his feris al, but dowt,5 With cleyn watir clengit thrys abowt, Strinkland a litil dewing, as was the gys, With the branch of a happy olyve thrys; He purgit and aspergit weil the men, The lattir word, al is done! said he then.10 Eneas tho gart vp erekkit be A sepultur, of ful huge quantite, In takynnyng of the mannys instrumentis, Ane ayr and eik a trumpet tharon prentis, Vndir the mont, vmquhile Aeryus15 Was clepit, quhilk now is hait Mysenus; Eftir his name callit perpetualy, That evir sal his memor testify.

Of Eneas sacrifyis be nycht, And quhou to hel he tuk the way ful rycht.

This beand done, Sibillais commandment Ene addressis perform incontinent.20 Thar stude a dirk and profound cave fast by, A hieduus hoill, deip gapand and grisly, All ful of cragis and of thir scharp flynt stanys, Quhilk was weil dekkit and closit for the nanys With a fowle layk, als blak as ony craw, And skuggis dym of a ful dern wod schaw; Abufe the quhilk na fowle may fle but skath.5 Exalationys or vapouris blak and laith Furth of that dedly golf thrawis in the air, Sik wys na byrd may thiddir mak repair; Quharfor Grekis Avernus clepis this sted, The place but fowlis, to say, or pyt of ded.10 Heir first Ene, at this ilk entre vyle, Fowr ȝong stottis addressit, blak of pyle: The nun Sibilla ressauys thame, and syne Amyd thar forhedis quhelmyt on cowpis of wyne, And of thar top, betwix the hornys twa,15 The ovirmast haris has scho pullit awa, And in the haly ingil, as was the gys, Kest thame, in maner of the first sacrifice, Apon Hecate cryand, with mony a ȝell, Mychtful in hevin and dym dungeon of hell.20 Sum slevit knyvis in the bestis throtis, And otheris, quhilk war ordand for sik notis, The warm new blude keppit in cowp and peys. Ene him self a ȝow was blak of flece Brittynnyt with hys sword, in sacrifice ful hie25 Onto the moder of the fureys thre, And hir gret systir; and to the, Proserpyne, A ȝeld kow all to trynschit; and eftir syne To the infernal kyng, quhilk Pluto hait, Hys nycht altaris begouth to dedicate:30 The hail bowkis of bestys, bayn and lyre, Amyd the flambys kest and haly fyre; The fat oly dyd he ȝet and peyr Apon the entralys, to mak thame byrn cleir. Bot lo! a litill befor the son rysyng,5 The grond begouth to rummys, croyn, and ryng, Vndir thar feyt, and woddy toppis hie Of thir hillys begyn to move thai se: Amang the schaddowys and the skuggis mark The hell hundys hard thai ȝowl and bark,10 At cummyng of the goddes Proserpyne. Sibilla cryis, that prophetes dyvyne, All ȝe that bene prophane, away, away; Swith, owtwith al the sanctuar hy ȝow, hay! And thou, quod sche, hald on thi way with me;15 Draw furth thi swerd; for now is neid, Ene, To schaw thi manheid, and be of ferm curage. Thus far scho said, smyte with the godly rage, And tharwith entris in the oppynnyt cave: Eneas onabasit, fra all the lave,20 Followis his gide with equale pays ful rycht. O ȝhe Goddis, in quhais power and mycht The sawlis beyn, and ȝhe dern skuggis dyrk, Confusyt Chaos, quharof all thing beyn wirk, Skaldand hellis flude, Flagiton, but lycht,25 Placis of silence and perpetuall nycht; Mot it be leful to me for to tell Tha thyngis quhilkis I haue hard said of hell, And, by ȝour myghtis, that I may furth schaw Seir thingis drynchit in the erd ful law,30 And deip envoluyt in myrknes and in myst. Thai walking furth sa dyrk, oneth thai wyst Quhidder thai went, amyd dym schaddowys thar, Quhar evir is nycht, and nevir lyght dois repar, Throwout the waist dongion of Pluto kyng,5 Thai voyd boundis, and that gowsty ryng: Siklyke as quha wald throw thik woddis wend In obscure licht, quhen moyn may nocht be kend; As Jupiter, the kyng etheryall, With erdis skug hydis the hevynnys all,10 And the myrk nycht, with hir vissage gray, From every thing hes reft the hew away. Befor the porch, and fyrst jawys of hell, Lamentatioun and wraikfull Thochtis fell Thar lugyng had; and tharat dwellis eyk15 Pail Maladeis, that causys folk be seik; The feirful Dreid, and als onweldy Age, The fellon Hungir with hir ondantit rage: Thar was alsso the laithly Indigence, Terribill of port, and schameful hir presence;20 The grysly Ded, at mony ane hes slane, The hard Labour, and diseysful Pane, The slottry Sleip, Dedis cousyng of kynd, Inordinat Blithnes of peruersit mynd; And in the ȝet, forganyst thame, dyd stand25 The mortall Batall with hys dedly brand, The irne chalmeris of hellys Fureys fell, Witles Discord, that wondryng maist crewell, Wymplit and buskit in a bludy bend, With snakis hung at euery harys end.30 And in the myddis of the vtyr ward, With braid branschis spred owr al the sward, A rank elm tre stude, huge gret, and stok ald: The wlgar pepil in that sammyn hald Belevis thir vayn dremys makis thar dwellyng;5 Vndir ilk leif ful thik thai stik and hyng. Thar beyn eik monstreis of mony diuers sort: The Centawres war stablit at this port, The dowbil porturat Scilla with thame infeir, Bryareus with ane hundreth formys seyr,10 The bysnyng best, the serpent of Lerna, Horribilly quhysland, and quent Chymera With fyre enarmyt on hir toppis hie, The laithly Harpyes, and the Gorgones thre; Of thrynfald bodeys gaistly formys dyd grone,15 Baith of Erylus and of Geryon. Eneas smartly, for the hasty dreid, Hynt furth hys swerd in this place, and, gud speid, The drawin blaid he profferis thar and heir Onto tha monstreis, evir as thai drew neir;20 And war not his expert mait Scybilla Tawcht him thai war bot voyd gaistis all tha, But ony bodeis, as wandrand wrechis waist, He had apon thame ruschit in gret haist, And with his bytand brycht brand, all invane,25 The twme schaddowis smyttyn to haue slane.

Tyll hellys fludys Ene socht neddyrmar, And Palynurus, hys sterysman, fand thar.

Fra thyne, strekis the way profond onone Deip onto hellys flude of Acheron; With holl bysme, and hydduus swelch onrude, Drumly of mud, and skaldand as it war wod, Popland and bulrand furth on athir hand5 Onto Cochitus all his slyke and sand. Thir ryveris and thir watyris kepit war By ane Charon, a grisly ferryar, Terribil of schap, and sluggart of array: Apon his chyn feil cannos harys gray,10 Lyart feltrat tatis; with burnand eyn red, Lyk twa fyre blesys fixit in his hed; Hys smottrit habyt, owr his schulderis lydder, Hang pevagely knyt with a knot togiddir. Hymself the cobill dyd with hys bolm furth schow,15 And, quhen hym lyst, halit vp salys fow. This ald hasart careis owr fludis hoyt Spretis and figuris in hys irne hewyt boyt, All thocht he eildit was, or step in age, Als fery and als swippir as a page;20 For in a god the age is fresch and greyn, Infatigabill and immortall as thai meyn. Thiddir to the bra swarmyt all the rowt Of ded gostis, and stud the bank abowt; Baith matronys, and thar husbandis, all yferis, Ryal pryncis, and nobill chevaleris, Smal childering, and ȝong damysellis onwed, And fair springaldis laitly ded in bed, In fader and moderis presence laid on beir.5 Als gret number thiddir thikkit infeir, As, in the first frost eftir hervist tyde, Levis of treys in the wod doys slyde; Or byrdis flokkis owr the fludis gray, Onto the land seikand the nerrest way,10 Quhom the cald sesson cachis owr the see, Into sum benar realm and warm cuntre. Thar stude thai prayand sum support to get, That thai mycht with the formast owr be set, And gan vp heving petuusly handis twa,15 Langand to be apon the forthir bra. Bot this soroful boytman, with brym luyk, Now thir, now thame, within his veschel tuke; And other sum expellit, and maid do stand Far from the ryvage syde apon the sand.20 Awondrit of this sterage, and the pres, Say me, virgyn, quod Ene, or thou ces, Quhat menys sik confluence at this watir side? Quhat wald thir sawlys? quhy nyl thai nocht byde? Quhilk causis beyn, or quhat diuersite,25 Sum from the brays thame withdraw I se; Ane other sort, eik, of thir sawlys ded Rollyt owr this ryver, cullorit as the led? Thys ancyant religius woman than, But mair delay, to answer thus began:30 Anchises get, heynd child, curtas and gude, Discend ondowtabil of the Goddis blude, The deip stank of Cochitus doith thou se, And eik the hellis puyll, hait Stix, quod sche, Be quhais myghtis the Goddis ar full laith,5 And dredis sair, to sweir, syne fals thar aith. All thir, thou seis stoppit at the schor, Beyn helples folk, onerdit and forlor; Ȝon grysly ferryar to name Charon hait; Thai beyn all bereyt he careys in hys bayt.10 It is not to him lefull, he ne may Thame ferry owr thir rowtand fludis gray, Nor to the hydduus ȝonder costys haue, Quhil thar banys be laid to rest in graue. Quha ar onbereit ane hundreth ȝer mon bide,15 Waverand and wandrand by this bankis syde: Than, at the last, to pas owr in this boyt Thai beyn admyt, and costis thame not a grote, And frely may behaldyn or espy Tha lakis, quhilkis thame langis to vissy.20 Anchises son tho styntis a litil stownd, And baith his futsteppis fixit in the grond, Musyng in mynd sum deil, sad in a part, And of this hard forton kauth rewth in hart. Thar saw he, dolorus and wofull of cheir,25 But funeral seruyce, nevir laid on beir, Lucaspes and Orontes, baith twane, Quhilum masteris of the schyp Lyciane; Quham baith yfeir, as said befor haue we, Saland from Troy throw owt the wally see,30 The dedly storm ourquhelmyt with a quiddir, Baith men and schip welt vnder flude togyddir. Lo! Palynurus eyk, his sterysman, Amang otheris fast to the watir ran, Quhilk laitly saland in the Libyane see,5 As that he gan behald the starnys hie, Togidder with the helmstok, quhar he stude, Owr schipburd swakkit was amyd the flude. And skarsly as Ene gan hym espy, Amang dirk skowgis standand full drery,10 First he him gretis, sayand to him thus; Quhilk of the goddis, O Palynurus, The ws bereft, and drynt amyd the see? Quhow tyd that cace? declar me, I pray the. For certis, bricht Apollo nevir or now15 Was fals to me; bot I wait neuer how Of hys answer twiching the he ravyt, And hes my mynd tharin al hail dissavit; That schew thow suld hailskarth owr the see Onto the grond of Ital cum, quod he:20 Se, thus his lawte and promyt is keip! The tother answeris with a petuus peip: Maist worthy Duke, Anchises son sa deir, Nowder hath the of Phebus the answer, Vndir his secrete cortyne, so dissave,25 Ne ȝit na God sa far has me bywave, Nor drownyt in the deip, as ȝe beleve. Bot, as I slaid our burd to my myscheve, The helmstok, or gubernakil of tre, Quharwith I rewlit owr cours throu the see,30 Lenand tharon sa fast, per cace it threw, And rent away owr burd with me I drew. The wally seys to wytnes draw I heir, That for my self tuke I nane sa gret feir As of thi schip, quhom that I knew ful quyte5 Spulȝeit of hir graith, and lodysman furth smyte, Dreding scho suld haue perist in sik neid, Owr the huge swelland fludis rays on breid. The sowth wynd Nothus thre days me drave Throw owt the see, with violent wallys wave:10 Skars on the ferd day at morn dyd I spy, Heich from the wallys croppis, Italy. Huly and fair onto the cost I swam: And tho almaist in surte cummyn I am; Ne war the crewel pepil of tha landis,15 As that I grippit with my crukit handis The scharp rolkis toppys at the schoyr, In hevy wayt frog stad, and chargyt soyr, Thai gan with irne wapynnys me invaid, Wenyng a spy that I had beyn, thai said,20 From thar cuntre sum pray to dryve away. So now I am bedyit in fludis gray, And wyndis warpis my corps apon the strandis. Quharfor I pray the, hevand vp my handis, And be the plesand light of hevin requiris,25 And by the hailsum ayr at thou inspiris, And be thi weilbelovit fader dyng, And gude hope of thi ȝong sonnys ofspryng; O thou onvenquyst valyant champyoun, Delyuyr me fra thir gret harmys onon:30 Or, at the leist, grave me in sepulture, Sen weil thow kan, and may perform that cur: Speir to the portis quhilkis Velynos hayt; Or gyf thar may be fundyn ony gayt, Quhilk thy blyssit moder hes the techit rycht,5 Reke thy rycht hand onto this wrechit wight, And haue me with the our thir fludis red; So, at the leist, I may, eftir my ded, Into sum plesand sted remane and rest: For I beleve fermly thou nocht addrest10 Sa large fludis, but Goddis authoryte, Nor Stix this layk fortil owr swym, quod he. Quhen that he had thir wordis said expres, Syk answer til hym maid the prophetes: Palynurus, quod scho, thou sary syre,15 Quhiddir is becummyn sik ondantyt desyre To the, and fers will sa onressonabill? Wenys thou, onerdyt now, and thus onhabill, Owr Stix the hellys puyll sik wys to fair, And grysly fludis, abowt quham doith repar20 Thir dreidfull fureys, to behald and se? Oncallyt, on the ȝondyr bra wald thou be? Desist, and ces to weyn with thy prayer The goddis decrete at thou may brek or steir. Bot now inprent in thy remembrance25 Thir wordys, in solace of thy hard chance. Quhar thy body is at this tyme present, For feir tharof, the pepil adiacent, By wondir takynnys from the hevynnys schaw, Constrenyt, sal bygrave thy banys law,30 And on thy corps erect a sepultur, Doyng tharto solempnyt funeral cur: Palynurus to name that place for thy Sal bare, and clepit be perpetualy. With thir wordis assuagit hys hevy thocht,5 And fra hys sorofull hart, as that he mocht, Sum deil expellyt hes the dolorus cayr, Reiosyt of the grond hys surname bayr. Quharfor Eneas and Scybill, baith tway, As thai begunnyn had, held furth thar way.10

Owr Stix the flude quhou that Ene dyd fair, And Cerberus in cave hard ȝell and rayr.

And as thai gan approch toward the flude, This churlych boyt man, on Stix quhar he stude, Alswyth as he persavit thame cum swa Throw the darn wod, and draw nerar the bra; First with sik bustuus wordis he thame grat,15 And, but offence, gan thame chidyng thus plat: Quhat evir thou be, that cummys enarmyt so Towart owr fludis, quhiddir etlys thou go? For quhat caus come thou hyddir? tell me tyte; Stand styl thar as thou art, with mekill syte.20 Pres na forthir, for this is the hald richt Of Gaistis, Schaddowys, Sleip, and dovyrrit Nycht: Onlefull war, and ane forbodyn thing, Within this passyngear our Stix to bryng Ony levand wight. Certis, in myne entent, I am nocht glaid ȝyt of the last sa went; Nor that I careyt Hercules owr this layk,5 Ne Theseus, and Pyrothous hys mayk: All thocht thai war cummyn of goddis lynage, And invynsibill of strenth and vassallage. For this ilk Hercules, with hys stalwart handis, The grym wardane of hell strenyt in bandis,10 And drew hym trymlyng from the kyngis trone: The tothyr twa gret violence wald haue done; The fresch Proserpyne, Plutois lady gay, Furth of hir bowr begouth to led away. To hym agane this answer maid expres15 Of Amphrisya Phebus prophetes: Do all suspicioun furth of thy consate; Heir is, quod scho, nane sik gyle nor dissate; Na violence owr wapynnys doith pretend: Weill lykis ws, it doith ws not offend,20 Thocht in his cave ȝour hydduus portar ȝowland affray the ded gaistis evyrmar; We stand content, it sufficyth ws alssua, That ay remane the chaste Proserpina Within hir fader broderis boundis and ryng.25 Bot heir is cummyng, of kyng Troas ofspring, Eneas, full of piete and knychthed, To vissy hys luffit fader, quhilk is ded, Discendit to the law skuggis of hell. Of sa gret vertu and piete, quhilk I tell,30 Gyf na considerance may the move, quod sche, At leist thou knawys this goldin granyt tre: And, with that word, the branch schew and omdyd, That pryvely vndir hyr clok was hyd. The rageand hart, all full of wraith and ire,5 Than wolx appesit of this laithly syre, And, but ma wordys, or langar delay, Awondryt of the presand fresch and gay, Thys fatale wand sa precyus was, I meyn, That he tofor a lang tyme had nocht seyn,10 Hys watry hewyt boyt, haw lyke the see, Towart thame turnys and addressis he, And gan approch onto the bra in heast. Syne othir sawlys expellit hes and chast Furth of hys bayt, quhilk sat endlang the wayll;15 He strekyt sone hys ayris, and grathis his saill, And tharwithall the byg weghty Ene Within his veschell boddum ressavis he. Vndir the paysand and the hevy charge Gan grane or geig full fast the sewit barge,20 Sa ful of ryftys, and with lekkis perbrake, Scho suppit huge watir of the layk. Bot, at the last, owtour the flude ȝit than Salfly scho brocht baith prophetes and man, And furth thame set amyd the fowl glar,25 Amang the fawch ryspys harsk and sear. Cerberus, the hydduus hund, that regioun Fordynnys, barkand with thre mowthis sown, Onmesurabill in hys cave quhar he lay Richt our forgane thame in the hie way:30 Quhom till the prophete, behaldand quhou in hy Hys nekkis wolx of eddyrris all grysly, A sop, stepyt intill hunny als fast, And of enchantit cornys maid, gan cast. For hungyr wod, he gapys with throtis thre,5 Swith swellyand that morsell raucht had sche, And tho hys terribyll body with a rerd He tumlys owr, liggyn on the erd; Of huge statur, and fellon quantite, Our all the cave furth strekit him hes he.10

The circulyt ways in hell Eneas saw, And fand queyn Dido in the myr tre schaw.

Thus quhil the portar in sleip sowpit lyis, The entre tho Eneas occupyis, And owr the fludis bank ful swyftly sprent, Quhais passage is onreturnabill went. Onon thai hard seir vocis lamentabill,15 Gret walyng, quhympring, sprachis miserabill. In the first cyrkill, or the vtyr ward, Ȝong babys sawlys weping sor thai hard; Quhom the hasty and blak duylful day Sowkand thar moderis pap had reft away,20 From the swete lyfe twynnyt ontymusly, As cayrful corps plungit in grave gart ly. Nixt thame, the secund place tha folkis hes Wrangwysly put to ded for cryme sakles. Nor, sykkyrly, thir settis to ilke wight War nocht assignit but juge, doym, and rycht: For kyng Mynos, inquisitour and justice,5 The fatale vrne and ballance at device Rewlys equaly, and be discretioun steris To consale and to jugement as efferis; The silly gostis callys in that secret cage, Baith of thar life and crymys takkand knawlage.10 Syne eftir thir, al sory and full of cayr, The thryd place haldis, and sal evir mayr, Giltles folk, that for disdene, wo, or fed, With thar awin handis wrocht thar self to ded, And, irkit of the life at thai war in,15 Thar sweit sawlys maid fra the body twyn. O, quhat penuryte and hard distres infeir Wald thai now suffir tobe in this warld heir! Bot the fatis and goddis decrete gaynstandis That thai may nevir return onto thir landis:20 The woful puyl with watyr onlufly Withhaldis thame, so at thai may nocht go by, And Stix, the flude, bylappis thame abowt Nyne tymys, sa clos at thai sal nevir wyn owt. Nocht far from thens, wide quhar on euery syde,25 Thai mycht behald the large fieldis wyde And boundis of Complaynt, all voyd of lycht; Sa beyn thai clepit properly at rycht; Quharin war all by strang lufe in thar days With sik crewel infectioun wastit away is:30 The hydlys held thai and the roddis darn, A myr tre wod about thame lowkyt ȝarn: Thar paynfull musyng and thar hevy thocht, Eftir thar ded alsso, forȝet thai nocht. Thar was Phedra, the spows of Theseus,5 And Procrys eyk, the wyfe of Cephalus; In that ilke sted was trist Eryphyle; Hir crewell sonnys wondis schawis sche: Evadne he beheld, and Laodomya, And Pasyphe in falloschip with tha,10 And Ceneus, first a wench, and syne a man, In hyr ald schap eftir ded changit than. Amang otheris the Phenyssyane Dido Within the gret wod walkis to and fro, The greyn wound gapand in hir breist all new:15 Quhom as the Troiane barrown nerrer drew, And throw the dyrk schaddowis first dyd knaw; Sikwys as quha throw clowdy skyis saw, Or, at the leist, wenys he heth do se, The new moyn quhen first vp walxis sche;20 The terys leyt he fall, and tendyrly With hartly lufe begrat hir thus in hy. O fey Dido, sen I persave the heyr, A sovir warning, now I knaw ful cleir, Was schawin me, at thou with swerd was slaw,25 Byreft thi self the lyfe, and brocht of daw. Alace, I was the causar of thy ded! By al the starnys schynys abone our hed, And be the Goddis abone, to the I swer, And be the faith and lawte, gif ony heir30 Trewth may be fund deip vndir erd, quod he, Malgre my wyl, Prynces, sa mot I the, From thy costis depart I was constrenyt. Bot the commandment of the Goddis onsenyt, Quhais gret mychtis hes me hyddir dryve,5 To pas throwout thir dirk schaddowis belyve, By gowsty placis, welch savorit, must, and hair, Quhar profund nycht perpetual doith repar, Compellit me from the forto dissevir; Nor in my mynde ymagyn mycht I nevir,10 For my departing or absens, I wys, Thou suldist kaucht sa gret dyseys as this. Do stynt thy pays; abide, thou gentil wight; Withdraw the not sa sone furth of my sight. Quham fleist thou? this is the lattir day,15 By werdis schape, that with the speke I may. With sik wordis Eneas, full of wo, Set him to meys the sprete of Queyn Dido; Quhilk, all inflambit, full of wreth and ire, With acquart luke glowand hait as fyre,20 Maid him to weip, and sched furth teris wak. All fremmytly frawart hym, as he spak, Hir eyn fixit apon the grond held sche, Moving na mair hir curage, face, nor bre, Than scho had bene a statu of marbil stane,25 Or a ferm rolk of Mont Marpesyane. Bot finaly, full swyft scho wiskis away, Aggrevit fled in the darn woddis gray; Quhar as Sycheus, hir first spows, ful suyr Corespondis to hir desyre and cuyr,30 Rendring in lufe amouris equiualent. And, netheles, fast eftir hir furth sprent Ene, perplexit of hir sory cace, And weping gan hir follow a weil lang space, Regratand in his mynd, and had piete5 Of the distres that movit hir so to fle.

The ward of worthy weyrmen now Ene Beheld, and heir with Deiphobus spak he.

Wyth al his speid fra thens he tuk the gayt That was ontil him grantit by hys fayt. And sone thai war in cummyn to the plane And lattir wardys, quharin dois remane10 Valyant folkis in feild and chevalry, Tha secret stedis hantand by and by. Heir him recontrit Parthenopeus, And intil armys valyant Tedeus; The pail gost eik of Adrastus the king.15 Thar saw he als, with huge greyt and murnyng In mydlerd oft menyt, thir Troianys Duryng the sege that into batale slane is: Quhom as he gan behald wydequhar on raw, Ful tendirly complenyng, thar he saw20 Glawcus, Medontus, and Thersylocus, Anthenoris thre sonnys, and Polybetus Onto the goddes Ceres consecrate; Ideus saw he in his ald estate, Baith rewland ȝit his cart, and wapynnys weildand. Onto Eneas left side and rycht hand The sawlys flokkis, circulyt in a rowt:5 Not sufficyt thame to spy him anys abowt; Bot, desiring he tareit evir mair, Furth with him forto walkin and repar Weil lykis thame, towart him fast to thring, And to inquire the caus of his cummyng.10 The nobillis eik of Grekis, one by one, With the gret rowtis of Agamenon, Alsone as thai the stalwart Troiane saw In brycht armour amyd the schaddowis law, Gretly afferd war smyte with fellon dreid:15 Sum gave the bak, takand the flycht gude speid, As quhilum thai onto thar schippis socht; Sum rasyt a cry with waik voce, as thai mocht: Bot al for nocht, thar clamour was ful skant, The sovndis brak with gasping or a gant.20 Syne Deiphobus, quhilum armypotent, Kyng Pryamis son, with body tore and rent, Thar he beheld, and crewel manglit face, Vissage menȝeit, and baith hys handis, allace! Half-hedis spulȝeit, of stowyt his erys tway,25 By schaymful wound hys nes cuttit away. With gret difficulte he him skarsly knew, Trymlyng for lak, eschamyt red of hew, As that he mycht, hydand hys fellon woundis: Ondemandit, with frendly wordis and sovndis30 Ene hym grat, sayand; Of gret renown, Deiphobus, armypotent champyoun, Quha hes, allace! the marthyrit swa and slane By sa crewel tormentis and hydduus pane? Quhou euer was ony sufferit the sa to dight?5 It was me tald, of Troy the lattir nyght, Thou, wery and forfochtin in that sted For sa feil Grekis be thi dyntis ded, Abuf the hepe of ded corpsis ourane Fell down for bled, thar standing thyne allane.10 Than I my self, fra this was to me schaw, Down at the nes Rethe, by the costis law, A voyd tumbe rasyt, and with lowd voce thrys Apon the wrethis and wandrand gaistis cryis. Thy armys and thy name that place doith hald.15 My frend, thy body kouth I nocht behald Nor fynd, thocht I wald it haue gravit eft, The tyme quhen I our natyve cuntre left. Kyng Pryamis son maid answer; suyth is it, Na thing, my deir frend, dyd thou pretermyt;20 All that thou aucht to Deiphobus, ilk deill Thou hest perfurnyst worthely and weil, As to my berial and sprete appertenyt. Bot my hard fatis war wers than thou wenyt: For the detestabill cursyt wikkytnes25 Of Helyn born in Lacena, I ges, Has me involuyt in thir harmys ȝe se: Thir ar hir last luf drowreis left with me. Ful weil thou wait quhou that the lattir nycht In fals myrthis we spendyt, euery wight;30 Allace the quhile! our gret mater of cayr Behuffis ws hald in memor euermar: Quhen that the fatale hors, to our ennoy, Com speland owr the hie wallys of Troy, With belly chargit full of armyt men;5 That strang lurdane than, quham weil ȝe ken, The Troiane matronys hedis in a ryng, Fenȝeand to Bachus feste and karellyng; Amyddis al the laif a gret fyre brand, Byrnand ful cleir, scho haldis in hir hand,10 Quharwith, out from the master streyt of Troy, The Grekis dyd scho bekyn and convoy. This ilk tyme me, with hevy curis lang Of irksum weir and sad, slumrys strang Oppressit, for my walkyn mony fald,15 My fey chalmer gan my body hald. Fordoverit as I lay in to that sted, In swete profound rest of sleip lyke soft ded, That notabil spows furth of hir lugyng place, This meyn sesson, al armour dyd arrace;20 My trasty sword fra vnder my hed away Stall scho, and in the place brocht Menelay; The chalmer durris oppynnyt scho in hy, Wenyng to wyrk a hie plesour tharby To hir first luffar, and hir ald schame25 Tharthrou to quynche, and recover gud name. Quhat suld I tarry, or ȝou langar hald? The Grekis ruschit in the chalmyr thik fald: Amang al otheris sammyn thiddir spedis That schrew prouocar of all wikkyt dedis,30 Eolus nevo, cursyt Vlixes sle. On siklyke wys as thar thai dyd with me, Gret goddis mot the Grekis recompens, Gif I may thyg avengeans but offens! Bot say me this agane, frend, altogidder,5 Quhat aventur hes brocht the levand hydder? Quhidder wavyt wilsum by storm of the see, Or at command of goddis, com thou, quod he? Or quhat fortoun doith the cach and steyr, That to this sory hald thou cummys heir,10 To vissy this trublyt dym regioun, Quhar evir is nycht, and nevir son ȝit schon?

Sibilla carpand tyl Ene gan tell The tormentis of deip drery paynful hell.

The quhile as thai thus carpyt to and fra, Hir rosy charyot the fresch Aurora Amydwart of the hevynnys assiltre15 Begouth fortil vproll and rays on hie; The myd declynyng of hir cowrs was went: And thai, percace, on sik wys mycht haue spent The tyme compleyt was for thar journe grant; Bot sone hym warnys Scibilla the sant,20 His trew marrow, gan schortlie to him say: The nycht, Eneas, slydis fast away; Weping the howris we consume and waist: Heir is the place quhar owr passage in haist Departit is, and sched in stretis twane. This way, towart the rycht hand, strekis plane To the hie wallys of Schir Ditis kyng;5 It is our reddy went, quhilk sall ws bring Onto the plesand playn of Elyse: This other gait, on the left hand ȝe se, Convoys onto the sted of fell torment, Quhar dampnyt schrewis in Tartarus ar sent10 In woful pyt perpetual to remane. Than Deiphobus maid this answer agane: Beis nocht agrevit, souerane nun, I pray, I sal no langar dwel, bot go my way; I sal compleyt my number furth, quod he,15 And to dym schaddowis rendrit sall I be. Pas on, pas on, our wirschip and renown! Mair prosper chance to hant go mak the bown! Thus fer spak Deiphobus, and, with that saw, About turnyt hys pays, and gan withdraw.20 Eneas blent him by, and suddanly Vndir a rolk at the left syde dyd spy A wondir large castell, strang and stowt, With wallys thrynfald lappit rownd about; Quham the grysly Tartareane Flagiton,25 That ravenus flude, closys enveron, With watir blesand brym in fyry low, And rolland stanys rumland deip and how. The port in foirfront was ful huge gret; Of ferm adamant war the pillaris bet,30 Sa that na fors of men mycht thame down myne, Nor ȝit the strenth of goddis with strang ingyne: Ane irne towr stude beildit wondir hie, Quhilk semyt forto reke vp in the skye. Tysiphone, that furyus monstre wild,5 In bludy caip revestit and oursild, Sittis kepand, but sleip, baith nycht and day, That sory entre and this porch alway. Tho begouth thai first in this sted to heyr Murnyng, granyng, gowlyng, and duylfull beir:10 Feil crewell strakis smytyn hard thai sovnd, Frasyng of irne fettris and chanys rovnd. Ene gan him arrest, in mind within Al abasit, herknand this feirfull dyn. O haly virgyn, say furth now, quod he,15 Quhat kynd of grysly turment may this be? In quhat punytioun, panys, and distres, Beyn sawlis ȝondir strenȝeit, prophetes? Quhat menys this bruyt, weping, and woful cryis, With sik walyng semys fordyn the skyis?20 Scibilla thus begouth answer agane: O wirschipfull and gentil duke Troiane, It is nocht lesum to nane innocent wight Within boundis of wikkytnes or onrycht Til entir, nor attayn to neir that ȝet;25 Bot the first tyme Proserpyn maid and set Me mastres of Avern, hir hallowit schaw, The Goddys turmentis gan scho to me schaw, And me convoyit thar throw euery sted. This maist dolorus realm to steir and led30 Hes Radamanthus, vmquhile of Creyt kyng, Haldand maste scharp and sayr lawys in hys ryng; Chastiand folkis, speris thar offence expres; By turment thame compellis thar cryme confes, Synnys committit abufe in the erd,5 Quham ony, joyand to thar awin wanwerd, But proffyt doith conseil, hyde, or delay, Onamendit quhil dedis lattyr day. Syk wikkyt and condampnyt wightis, als tyte As thai cum in that dolly pyt of syte,10 Tysyphone, the wrekar of mysdedis, With quhip in hand al reddy fast hir spedis Thame to assail, to tor, skurge, and bete, And with hir left hand terribil eddyrris gret Thik at thame swakkis; syne, to pyne thame, doith call15 Of fel torment the rowt of systyrris all. And tho at last with horribil sovndis trist Tha wareit portis, iargand on the hirst, Warpit vp braid. Lo! ȝondir may thou se Quhat kynd wardane syttis in the porch, quod sche,20 And quhou terribill of contenans and cheir Thou hir behaldis kepis the entre heir: Ane mair feirful monstre and mair fell, Ane vgly serpent, syttis within ȝon hell, With fyfty hydduus blak throtis gapand.25 And forthir eik ȝon Tartarus ay trymland, Quhilk is of hell the dirk dungeon and pyt, Dippis twys als holl down, I lat the wyt, Semyng so law vnder the erth reke, As that our sight may vp to hevynnys streke.30 Tharin the ancyant lynage of the erd, Thir gyantis hait Tytanas, be wanwerd With thundris blast dovn smytyn and ourthraw, Ar warpyt in ȝon pottis boddum law. Thar saw I eyk Aloeus twynnys twane,5 Othus and Ephialtes, bredir germane, With huge bodeis, that pressyt dovn to rent With thar handis the large firmament, And by thar fors begouth expell the kyng, Hie Jupiter, furth of his hevynly ryng.10 Thar I beheld Salmoneus alsswa, In crewel torment sufferand mekil wa, For that he gan to contyrfet him cast Gret Jovis fyre and hevynly thundris blast. By horssis four furth rollit was his char,15 Secret condytis of fyre smytand sayr, Throwout the pepil of Greys and of Arcad, Amyd the cite of Elys, blith and glaid, Prowd and haltand in hys hart, walkyt he, And as a god bad honorit he suld be;20 For that, intil his dotage and fuyl heyt, By sownd of bras and stampand stedis feyt, He maid hym forto feyn a simylitude Of clowdis blast, and rumland thundir rude, Quhilk on na wys aucht to be contyrfet.25 Bot the hie fader Almychty from hys set Throw thyk clowdis at hym hys dart dyd thraw; Nowder blak fyre brand, nor reky flambys law; Bot suddanly with a fel bles of thundyr Threw hym to grond, and smayt him al in sondyr.30 To Tytyos thar was I schawin in deid, With body speldyt nyne akyr on breid, That fostyr child vmquhile was cleyp and call Onto the Erth, quhilk moder is of all: Ane hydduus grype with bustuus bowland beyk5 Hys maw immortal doith pyk and owrreik, Hys brudy bowellys torryng with huge payn, Furth rentyng all, hys fuyd to fang full fayn, Vndir his cost holkand in wail law, And sparis nocht to rug, ryfe, and gnaw;10 All thocht the entrallis springis new ilk day, Thai get na rest, the fowle hes thar hys pray. Quhat suld I rekkyn tha pepil of Thessaly, That Lapytas ar hait, for gluttony Distroyt all? of Ixion to tell,15 Or Pyrothous, quhat nedis langar dwell? Abuf quhom hyngis blak quhyn stanys gret, Ay semand reddy to fall and thame to bete. Befor Tantalus, and ane othir sort, The goldin trestys schynand standis ourthwort,20 Vndir ryche tablys dight for maniory, Quharon, forgane thar face, is sett reddy All danteys langand tyl a kyngis fest. Bot ane the gretast Fureys gan arest, Syttand tharby, and hungyr in thame blawys;25 And netheles thar handys scho withdrawys, So that the mesys twichyn dar thai nocht: As that thai mynt tharto, than all onflocht With hait fyre brand in hand vp dois scho rys, Fleyis thame with flambe, grym luke, and vgly cryis.30 Thai beyn alsso within ȝon pyt turment Quhilk at thar bredir envy held or haitrent, Quhil that thai levyt in this present lyfe; And tha quhom by, throu thar deray and stryfe, Thar faderis warryn chasyt in exile;5 All tha that ony falset, slyght, or gyle, Aganys thar seruandis or famyliaris wrocht; And tha that, only settyng all thar thocht Apon thar ryches quhilk wonnyn thai haue, Tuke nocht thar nedis tharof, nor na man gave,10 Of quhom ȝondir beyn ane ful huge rowt; And all tha for adultry schent, but dowt, And tha that movyt wrangwys batall or weyr, Tha not eschamyt thar promys to forswer, Brekand lawte plight in thar lordys hand:15 All sik inclusyt ar ȝondyr, abydand Every day new panys perpetualy. Speir not at me, for nocht declar can I, Quhat diuers kyndis of torment ȝondir thoil thai, Nor ȝit quhat sort of payn is deput ay20 For ilk trespas: to rekkyn I tak na keip Quhat mysforton thame plungis in ȝon deip. For sum weltris a gret stane vp the bra, Of quhom in numbir is Sisyphus ane of tha: On quhelis spakis speldyt otheris hyngis.25 The maist wrechit of all princis and kyngis, Phlegyas, vmquhile kyng of Thessaly, All mortale wightis admonysys, with his cry And lowd voce throw the dyrk awytnessyng: Be myne exampill all wightis, prynce and kyng,30 Lernys, quod he, to hant justice and rycht, And not contem the goddis strentht and mycht. Thar syttis eik, and sal syt evir mair, The fey onhappy Thesyus, full of cair. Sum ȝondir beyn, for reddy gold in hand,5 Sald and betrasyt thar natyve realm and land, And tharin brocht a myghty tyrrant strang: Sum otheris eik, for pryce or meid to fang, That lawys maid and onmaid, as thame list. Thar beyn alsso, ful sorofull and tryst,10 Thai quhilk thar dochteris chalmer vyolate, Or, havand na regard to thar estate, Forbodyn or incestuus mariage Gan hantyng by ondantit lustis rage. And schortly, all durst ymagyn or compas15 Mastirfull wrang, myscheif, or wykkytnes, Or ony sik consait brocht to effek, Heir evyrmar the charge lyis on thar nek. All thocht ane hundretht scharp tungis had I, Ane hundreth mowthis forto clepe and cry,20 Tharto my voce war strang as irne or steill, All kynd of vicis to comprehend, half deill, Nor all the namys of tormentis and of panys I mycht nocht rekkyn, that in ȝon hald remanys.

Quhou finaly Scibilla and Ene Com to the plesand plane of Elyse.

Fra that the ancyant nun of Dan Phebus Thir wordys endyt had, and spokkyn thus; Haue done, quod scho, now tak thi way expres, Perform thy wark quhilk thou begunnyn hes: Speid ws fordwart; for ȝondir, lo, I se5 Of Plutois chymmys the byg wallys hie, Forgyt of irne full craftely and bet Be the Ciclopes furth of thar furnace het; Eik I behald, lo, heir forgane our face, Tha portis with thar stalwart bow or brace,10 Quhar our instructioun techis ws ful plane This presand thar to leif and goldyn grane. Thus said scho; and onon tharwith baith tway Gan walkyn furth throwout the darn way, And sone our passyt hes the myddill space,15 Approchyng to the portis of that place. Eneas baldly sprang in at the ȝet, Hys body strynkillit, or a litill wet, With cleir spryngand watir ran tharby; Forgane thame eik, at the entre, in hy20 The goldyn branch he stykkis vp far and weill. This beand done at last, and euery deil Perfurnyst langyng the goddes gyft gay, Ontil a plesand grond cummyn ar thai, With battil gyrs, fresch herbys, and beyn swardis, The lusty orchardis and the hailsum ȝardis Of happy sawlys and weil fortunat, To blissyt wightis the placis preparat. Thir feildis beyn largiar, and hevynnys brycht5 Ravestis thame with purpur schynand lycht: The starnys, for this place conuenient, Knawis weil thar son and obseruys his went. Sum thar, amyd the gresy planys greyn, Into palestral plays thame betweyn10 Thar membris gan exers, and hand for hand Thai fal to werslyng on the goldyn sand, Assayand honest gemmys thame to schort: Sum other hantyng gan ane other sport, As forto dansyng, and to leid the ryng,15 To syng ballatis, and go in karalyng. Thar was alsso the preist and menstrale sle, Orpheus of Trace, in syd rob harpand hie, Playand proportionys and spryngis dyvyne Apon his harp, sevyn diuers sovndis fyne;20 Now with gymp fyngris doyng stryngis smyte, And now with subtel evyr poyntalis lyte. Heir was the nobil kyn and ancyant strynde, The maist dowchty lynage sprang be kynde Fra king Tewcer, campyones souerane,25 Into mair happy ȝeris born ilkane: Thar was Ilus, and eik Assaracus, And the begynnar of Troy, Schir Dardanus. On fer Eneas and als Sibilla Awondrit war, and mervellis baith twa30 The armour and the men for to behald, And voyd charyotis of thir chyftanys bald. Thar sperys stikkyng in the erd dyd stand; Wydquhar al lows owr feildis and the land Pasturyt thar horsis, rakand thame fast by:5 For quhat plesour of armys or chevalry, Or quhat cuyr to addres thar cart or wedis, To fedyng and to dant thar sleik swail stedis, Thai hantit quhil thai levyt heir alyve, The sammyn solace, be thai man or wyfe,10 Ȝit doith thame follow vndir the erth stad. And lo, ane other sort, ful blyth and glaid, On athir hand behaldis Eneas, At banket on the greyn herbys set was, In loving of the goddis joyusly15 Ympnys of pryce, triumphe, and victory, All syngand glaid togydder in falloschip, And pryncipaly Apollo to worschip: Within a wod of lawrer greyn thai dwell, Fragrant of sweit odour and hailsum smell,20 Quhar throw the schawis scheyn in strandis seir Erydanus, the hevynly ryver cleyr, Flowys contyrmont and vpwart to the lift. Within this place, in al plesour and thryft, Ar hail the pissance quhilk, in just batal,25 Slane in defens of thar kynd cuntre fell; And al thai preistis and religius wightis Quhilk levyt chaste cleyn lyfe, as to thame rycht is; And al godlyke devote prophetis trew, That suythfast thyng worthy to Phebus schew;30 And thai quhilkis, by thar craftys or science fyne, Fund by thar subtel knawlage and engyne, Thar lyfe illumynat and annornyt cleir; And tha by merytabil dedis and gyftis seir That maid otheris hald thame in memory:5 Of al thir war the tymplis by and by Arrayt with a fresch garland snaw quhite. And as thai flokkit abowt Ene, als tyte Syk wys onto thame carpys Sibilla; Bot principaly to Museus, ane of tha,10 Was stad amyddis of the mekill rowt, As sche beheld hym with big schulderis stout: O ȝhe so happy sawlys, tellith me, And thou, maste souerane poet, schaw, quod sche, In quhat regioun and place bene Anchises?15 Hyddir for his saik come we, and with gret pres Hes oursalit of hell the gret fludis. This ryall lord in few wordis concludis, And ansuerit thus; frend, certane dwelling nane In this cuntre haue we, bot all ourane20 Walkys and lugis in thir schene wod schawys, Endlang thir ryver bankis all on rawys; Thar bene our settis, and beddis of fresch flowris In soft bene medowis by cleir strandis all howris Our habitatioun is and residens.25 Bot gif ȝour mynd langis to haue presens Of Anchises, pas vp ȝone swyre fut het, I sall ȝou lyghtly in the hie way set. And sayand thus, befor thame furth went he, And can thame schaw, apon the hill on hie,30 The schynand planys full of all plesance. Agane returnys he, and thai avans, Fra thyne discending from the hillis hyght, Quhar thai at last of Anchises gat sycht.

Quhou that Eneas with hys fader met, And athir othir with frendly wordis gret.

The meyn sesson thys Anchises, the prynce,5 Intill a wondir grene vale full of fence Sawlys inclusit, quhilkis war forto wend To myddil erd and thare in bodeis ascend, Can rekkyn, and behald attentfully Hail the nowmyr of hys geneologye,10 His tendir nevoys and posterite, Thare fatis, and thare fortonys euery gre, Thare conditions, thare strenth and hardyment. And sone as he persavys quhar that went Forganyst him, cumand throu gresy sward,15 Hys derrest son Ene with hasty fard, Baith his handys joyfull furthstracht he than; The teris trynglyng our his chekis ran, And fra his mouth slydis thir wordis myld: Thou art cummyn at last, my deir child;20 Thy gret piete, and kyndnes weil expert Onto thy fader, causyt the and gart This hard vayage venquys and ourset! Quhat! is it grantit me? ha! sall I get A verray sight, luffit son, of thy face? And grantit ws to carp or talk a space? To heir and render frendly wordis knaw?5 Within my mynd ymagynyt I on raw Swa suld betyde, and weil belevit I Thou was tocum, and the tyme by and by I calculit and comptit quhen that suld be; And my consait hes nocht dissauyt me.10 O God, throu quhou feill landis braid and large, Quhou mony seys ourcareit in thy barge, Efter quhou feil dangeris with storm oft schaik, I now ressaue the heir, deir son, allaik! Quhou gretlie dred I of Lybie that ryng15 Suld the haue hyndrit, and harmyt in sum thing! Eneas answeris; fader, thy drery gost, Sa oft apperand, maid me seik this cost: In Tyrrhean sey abydis our navy. Grant me, fader, now grant me by and by,20 We athir may with other handis schaik; Fra myne embrasyng withdraw the nocht, allaik! And sayand thys, tendyrly wepit he, Baithyng hys face in terys gret plente. On this wys talkyng, or thar wordis sessit,25 With hys lang armys thrys Eneas pressit About hys hals hym forto haue belappit, And thrys, invane, hys handys togidder clappit: The figur fled as light wynd, or son beym, Or mast lykly a waverand sleip or dreym.30 Duryng this tyme Eneas gan aduert, Within a vale fer thens closyt apart, Quhare stude a wod with swouchand bewys schene, The flude Lythee flowand throu the fair grene; About the quhilk pepill onnowmerabill,5 And silly sawlys, fleys fast, but fabill, Quhil all the feildis of thare dyn resoundis: Lyke as, in medowys and fresch florist boundis, The bissy beys in schene symmeris tyde, On diuers colorit flouris skalit wide,10 Flokkis about the blomyt lylleis quhite, And other fragrant blosummys redymyt. Mysknawyng quhat this ment, Eneas wight Becam abasit of the soddane syght, And can inquir the causys of this cace;15 Quhat war tha fludis far befor hys face, Or quhat bene tha men in syk numbyr swa With so gret fard flokkit to athir bra. Tho quod hys fader Anchises; all ȝon be Thai sawlys quhamto, by the fatis hie,20 Bene other bodeis eftir this yschape, Quhilk drynkis ȝondir, or thai may eskape, At ȝone ryver and the flude Lythee, The sikkyr watir but curis, trastis me, Quharby oblyvyus becum thai als tyte,25 Forȝetting pane bipast and langsum syte. Forsuyth, I purpos furthwith to declare, And schaw befor thy face now standand thar, The sawlys all, and numbyr in thy presens, Quhilkis ar tocum of my stok and discens;30 So that the mair glaidly with me tharby Thou may reios to haue fund Italy. O fader, quod Eneas, quhidder or nay Is that tobe belevyt at ȝhe say, That souerane saulys from this place sall wend,5 Onto the warld abufe or erd ascend? Quhy may thai nocht in this swete stede remane, Bot sall return in slaw bodeis agane? Quhat cursyt covatyce causith wrachit wightis So to desyre our life and drery lightis?10 I sall the schaw forsuyth the caus, quod he, My derrest son, and sal no wys hald the Thochtfull in mynde, ne doutsum by na way. Tharwith Anchises baith hys eyn twa Gan lyftyng vp, and toward hewyn behald,15 And euery thing per ordour thus he tald.

The seir punitioun of sawlis in purgatorye, And quhou thai pas syne to the flude Lythe.

Fra the begynnyng, all thing les and mar, The fyry regioun, the erth, and the ayr, The plane flowand boundis of the sey, The lyghtnyt monys lamp that lemys hie,20 The hevynnys starnys, and bryght sonnys ball, Ane spreit thar is within, sustenys all: In euery part the hie wysdome dyvyne Diffundit movys this warldis hail engyne, And by hys power mydlit is our all This mekil body clepit vniuersal. Fra this infusioun, and thir elementis seir,5 Baith kynd of man and best cummys, but weir, All levyng foulys fleying in the ayr, All fyschis, and the monstreis doith repar Vndre the slekit sey of marbill hew. A hait fyry power, warm and dew,10 Hevinly begynnyng and original, Beyn in thar sedis quhilk we saulys call; Sa far as that thir noysum bodeis cald Nocht tareis thame tharfra, nor doith withhald, Nor withdrawis from souerane hevinly kynd:15 Thar erdly lymmys, and eik thar irksum mynd, Throu thar mortal membris euer deidlike, Dullith thar curage and thar spretis godlyke. Fra the quhilk cummys to al mankynd, that thai Dredis, desiris, murnys, or joys ay;20 Nor, in the dyrk mansioun and preson blynd Of thir vyle bodeis yfettyrit and bynd, The sawlis thar clene natur may attend. So fer that, all efter the lattir end, Quhen that the lif disseueris fra the body,25 Than, netheles, not ȝit are fullely All harm ne cryme from wrachit sawlis separate, Nor ald infectioun come of the body layt: And thus, aluterly, it is neidfull thing The mony vycis lang tyme induryng,30 Contrackit in the corps, be done away, And purgit on seir wonderfull wys to say. Tharfor thai suffir panys and torment, For thar inveterat vycis ald bywent By punitioun satisfactioun to mak.5 Sum stentit in wysnand wyndis wak; Of sum the cryme committit clengit be Vndre the watir or deip hydduus sey; And in the fyre the gilt of other sum Is purefyit and clengit all and sum.10 Ilk ane of ws hys ganand purgatory Mon suffir, and fra thyne ar send in hy Onto the large feildis of Elysee: Thar bene of ws nane, bot a few menȝe, Quhilkis cumis to inhabyt and remanys,15 But ony purging, in thyr ioyful planys; And heir mon dwell quhil that the lang day, Be perfyt cours of tyme, heth done away The spot of fylth hardnyt in the spreit, For that it fand sum tyme the body sweit,20 And quhil it be so purefyit and fynd, Na thing remane bot a clene hevynly mynd, And subtel pure flambe celestiall. Thir other sawlis quhilk bene purgit all, Eftir thai haue, within thir planys heir,25 By cirkill rollyt our a thousand ȝeir, God callis thame onto this flude Lythe, With felloun fard, in numbyr as ȝhe se; To that effect, that thai myndles becum Baith of plesour and ald panys all and sum,30 Langing agane the warld abufe to se, And gan begyn desire, baith he and he, In bodeis ȝit forto return agane. Thus said Anchises; and tharwith baith twane, Hys son and eik the prophet Sibilla,5 Amyddys of that sort flokkit to the bra, And gret rowt with rangald, in ledis he; And gan ascend ontill a mote on hie, Quharfra, per ordour, forganyst thame on raw, Thai mycht thame rekkin all, and cleirly knaw10 Thar vissagis and contenance also, As that thai went and rowmyt to and fro.

Anchises schawis Eneas to the end Alhail the lynage sal fra hym discend.

Now harkis, me behuffis schortlie say, Quod Anchises, or thou depart away, And rekkyn our Troian ofspring all and sum,15 Quhat glor and honour beis of ws tocum, And quhat successioun or posterite Of Ital frendschip sal discend of the, And tha illustir sawlis salbe sent Heir, eftir this, in name of our kynrent;20 Thy fatis and thy destany also I sal the teche per ordour, or thou go. Seys thou ȝon lusty springald or ȝonkeir, That lenys hym apon his hedles sper? The formast place by chance doith occupy Tyl pas to life in our geneology, And first sal rys in the ovir warld agane,5 Commixit of the blude Italiane, Siluius, to surname clepit Albanus, Born efter thy deces, child posthumus; Quham, consauyt of thyne ancyent lynage, Thy secund spous, Lavinia, wys and sage,10 In woddys fostir sal, a vailȝeant kyng, And fader to al kingis of our ofspring: Quharby our kynrent and famyl alswa Sal ryng and lordschip hald in Lang Alba. Ȝon is Procas that standis nixt hym by,15 Of Troiane pepill the honour and glory: Syne Capys, lo, and Numytor, baith twane; And he that representis thy name agane, Siluyus Eneas, notabil chevellere, Renownyt baith of piete or in were,20 Gif evir he may his tyme optene and se To ryng into Lang Alba the cite. Behald quhat maner ȝong gallandis bene ȝon; Quhou gret curage thar hart is set apon; Quhat gud semblant thai schaw of chevalre.25 Bot ȝon, with coverit hedys by and by With ciuile crownys of the strang aik tre, Sall beld and found to thy honour, quod he, Nomentum cite, and Gabios the tovne, And Fidena, the cite of renoun:30 Sum in the hillys hie sal set vp syne The strenthis and the castellis Collatyne, Pometios and New Castell, baith twa, The cite Bolan, and the tovne Cora. Thir namys salbe gevin thame efter this,5 Quhar now, but name, the land remanand is. Lo! Romulus, by martial wirschip To hys grandschir jonyt in falloschip, Quham, of Assaracus blude, the nobill kyng, Hys moder Ilya discendit sal furth bring.10 Seys thou nocht quhou apon thar hedys on hyght Twa dowbil cristis standys schynand bryght? Thar fader Mars, behald, this sammyn hour Has thame ymerkit with dyvyne honour: And lo, my child, be ȝon manis prowes15 That gloryus cite Rome sal so incres, Tyll hyr empire be with the erth maid evin, And vertuus curage equal to the hevin; The quhilk cite all round togiddir sall Sevin gret strenthis clos within a wall,20 Happy and brudy of hir forcy ofspring: Lyke as, throu out citeis of Phrecis ryng, The moder of Goddis, with hir towrit crovn, Berecynthia, careit from tovn to tovn, Within hir char yset, all ful of myrth25 Of the goddis becaus of hir rich birth, Hir hundreth childring and posterite Ful tendirly in armys enbracis sche, All haill the hevynly wightis to hyr behufe, And all that weildis the hie hevynnys abufe.30 Now turnys hyddir, my sweit son, albedein, The cirkillis and the sight of baith thy eyn: Behald thir pepill and thy cheif Romanys. Cesar Julyus, lo! in ȝonder planys, And all the famyl of hym Julius,5 Quhilk eftir thys ar tocum, trastis ws, Vndre the gret hie hevynnys assiltre. Ȝon man, ȝon man, my son, the sam is he Quham thou so oft has hard promist or this, Cesar August Octauyane, I wys,10 Cum of the goddys geneology and kyn, Quhilk sal agane the goldin warld begyn, As vmquhile was, in tyme of Saturn ald, Throu Ital ryng baith be firth and fald; And hys empire sal delait and wynde15 Our Garamantas, and the forthar Inde: The landis lyis without the starnys blenk, Outwith the ȝheris cours, and sonnys renk, Quhar the vpberar of the hevyn, Atlas, On schuldir rollys the round speir in cumpas,20 Ful of thir lemand starnys mony one. Sal, at his hyddir cummyn, ror and grone The realme of Caspys, or of Assery, All Scithia, Meothys land fast by, Horribill answeris sall of goddis heir:25 All trublit in affray, trymlyng for feir, To quakyng sall sevyn mowthis of Nyle flude. Nevir, forsuyth, strang Hercules the gude Sa mekil space of erth or land ourȝeid; All thocht the wyndswift hart he schot to ded,30 And stanchit Erymanthus forest rouch, The serpent Lerna with hys bow persit throuch: Nor Bachus, quhilk victor afor thir days With wyne burgions the hillis top arays, Dryvand the ferfull tygris fast away5 Down fra the hyght of the gret mont Nysay. And ȝyt we dowt onto the forthir end Hys gret vertu and dedys to extend! Than quha suld dreid stop ws to occupy Or till inhabyt land of Italy?10

Anchises ȝit furthrekkynnys his ofspring, As worthiast that euer in Rome sal ryng.

Bot quhat maner man be ȝon, quod Anchys, With olyve branch on sik gudly wys Arrayit, and eik berys mony a syng Of sacrifyce and ritis of offeryng? I knaw hys canos har and lyard berd15 Of the wysast Roman kyng into the erd, Numa Pompilius, quhilk sall in hys days Begyn and statut with lawys and haly lays The cheif cite Rome; and he sal pas From a pur land, and smal cite Curas,20 Send for to rule and bruke a gret empire. Quhamto thar sal succeid a lordly syre, Tullus Hostilius, that first of hys land The peys and quiet, quhilk so lang dyd stand, He sal dissolue and brek, and dolf men steir, Quhilk lang hath bene disosyt fra the weir, To armys and triumphe of victory,5 And thame array in hostis by and by. Quham nixt fallowis Ancus Marcyus, Of hys estait mar prowd and gloryus; And ourgretlie evin now, persaue and se, Vayn glor and favour of pepill desiris he.10 Ples the behald the Tarquynys kingis two, And the stowt curage of Brutus alsso, Quhilk can revenge the wrang in hys cuntre, His gret honour gif thou lest heir or se, And ensenȝeis send fra Ethrurianys:15 This ilk Brutus sall first amang Romanys Ressaue the dignite and stait consular; With heding swerd, bath felloun, scharp, and gar, Befor hym born throu all Romys tovne, In takin of justice executioun,20 Hys awin sonnys, movyng onkyndly wer, To punytioun and ded sal damp infeir, To kepe frensches and souerane liberte; And thus onsilly fader sall he be. Quhou sa evir the pepil hys fatel dedis25 In tyme tocum sall blason, quha thame redis, The feruent lufe of his kynd natyve land, And excedand desyre he bar on hand Of honour, and hie glory to ressaue, Mot al evil rumour fra his lawd byvaue.30 Attour, behald, lo, athir Decyus; And, standing fer of, twa that hait Drusus: Consider Torquatus ȝondir, doith him rax So brym and fellon with the heding ax; And Camyllus, the vailȝeand capitane,5 Bringand the Roman standartis hame agane. Ȝon twa sawlys, quhilk thou seis, sans faill, Schynand with elike armys peregale, Now at gud concord stad and vnite, Ay quhil thai stand in myrk and law degre;10 Allace, how gret batale and debait Salbe betwix thame, gif thai til estait May cum abufe, and to the lyght of lyfe! O, how gret slauchter, assembleis, and huge strife, Sal thai exerce and move into thar days!15 Cesar, the eldfader, by the strait ways With his gret rowtis our the Franch montanys Discendand dovn Lumbardy throu the planys; His mavch Pompey sall strech agane him went With rayt ostis of the orient.20 O my childring, cum nocht in vse to hant Sik fremmyt batalis, bot ȝour curage dant; Exers ȝhe neuer ȝowr vailȝeand fors, quod he, Amangis the entralis of ȝour awin cuntre. And O thou, Cesar, thou formast in the pres,25 Cum of hevinly kyn, abstene and ces; Myne awin lynage, obeys my command, Do cast sik wapynnys fer furth of thy hand. And he that standys ȝonder, Lucyus, Onto his surname clepit Mummyus,30 Efter he venquist haue Corinthe tovne, And in batale the worthy Grekis bet dovn, His char, with mekil glor triumphale, Sal steir furth to the hie capitol wal. And he ȝon other, Quintus Metellus,5 Ful gret honour sal conques onto ws; For he sal bet dovn and distroy al clene Baith Arge and Agamemnonys realm Mycene: And ȝonder Curyus with his fallow fyne, Pyrrus, cummyn of kyng Eacus lyne,10 And of Achillis armipotent ofspring, In batel sal ourcummyn and dovne thring, And thare eldris of Troy wreke and revenge, And the tempill of Mynerve pollute clenge. Quha wold the, gret Cato, lefe onhyt?15 Or quha with silens Cossus pretermyt? Quha list forȝet the kynrent of Gracchus? Or athir of the Scypionys gloryus, Thai twa thunderis of batale in thare rage, Fynale rwyne of Affrik and Cartage?20 Quha wald, Fabricius, of the say na thyng, That art ful myghty bot of litil thing? Of the, Seranus, quha wald na thing schaw, Quhar thou thi ryggis telys forto saw, As thou was chosyn capitane of weir?25 Quhidder withdraw ȝhe, Fabyus? cum neir; Thole me na mar be irkyt ȝou to behald: Thou art that ilk mast souerane Fabius bald, Quhilk only, throu thy slycht and tareyng, Restoris the common weill of our ofspryng.30

Anchises gevis Eneas gud teching, To gyde the pepill vnder his governyng.

The pepil of othir realmys, son, said he, Bene mor expert in craftis, and mar sle To forge and kerf lyflyke staturis of bras, Be contenans as the spreit tharin was: I trast, forsuyth, heirefter mony ane5 Sal hew quyk facis furth of marbil stane; Sum otheris bettir can thar causis pled; Sum bene mar crafty in ane other sted, With rewlis and with mesouris by and by For til exers the art of geometry;10 And sum mor subtel to descryve and prent The starnys movyng and the hevynnys went: Bot thou, Romane, remember, as lord and syre, To rewle the pepil vnder thyne empyre; Thir sal thy craftis be, at weil may seme,15 The peax to modefy and eik manteme, To pardon all cumis ȝoldin and recryant, And prowd rabellis in batale forto dant. Thus said the noble fader Anchyses meik; As thai awondrit can thir wordis eik:20 Behald Marcus Marcellus mast douchty, Quhar that he walkis, lo, sa gloriusly, With the rich spulȝe triumphale deirly dycht, Quhilk he reft from his aduersar in fyght, As the maste vailȝeant victor that I ken, In bonty doith exceid all other men. This worthy knycht the common weil Romane, In gret affray perturbit, to rest agane And quyet sal restor, and ȝon is he5 That venquys sal the Affricane menȝe, And the Franch rebellioun sall down bet: The thrid armour or rych spulȝe gret, Reft from chiftane of weir, this Marcellus Sall hyng vp to the fader Quirynus.10 And for alsmekil as Eneas saw In falloschip with this Marcus raik on raw A sembly springald, a far ȝong galland, Rycht schaply maid, in armour brycht schynand; Bot his vissage semyt scarsly blith,15 With luke doun cast, as in his face dyd kith That he was sum deill sad and no thing lycht; Fader, quod he, quhat be ȝon drery knycht, Quhilk haldis so with ȝon prince company? Quhidder his son, or sum nevo worthy,20 Of our gret lynage and successioun? O lord, how gret brute, noys, and sovn, Of confluens that walkyng him about! Quhou gret apperance is in hym, but dout, Tilbe of prowes, and a valȝeant knycht!25 Bot a blak sop of myst, als dyrk as nycht, With drery schaddo bilappis his hed. The fader tho, Anchises, in the sted, With teris bristyng furth, begouth to say; O my sweit son, inquir nocht, I the pray,30 The excedand regret and womanting Of thame bene fortocum of thyne ofspring. The fatis sall bot for a litill space Schaw ȝon man to the erth and warldly place, And sall no langer suffer him tharin.5 O goddis abufe, the Romanys blude and kyn Semyt to ȝou our myghty and potent, Gif so it war the giftis ȝhe hym lent Had remanyt, or lang his lyfe had lest. Quhou gret murnyng of men all forcyest,10 For hym, furth of the feildis marcyall, Sall dyn and resound to the cite wall! And O thou God of the flude Tyberyne, Quhou mony fertyrris and duyl habetis schyne Sall thou behald, as thou flowis at Rome15 Down by his new maid sepultur or tovme! Ne nevir child cummyn of Troiane blude In sic beleif, and glory, and gret gude, Sal rays his forbearis Italianys; Ne nevir, certis, the grund of the Romanys20 Of ony fostir sal him so avance. Allace, quhat harm of thy disseuerance! Of thy gret piete, and thyne ancyent treuth, Thy hand onvenquyst in batale, O quhat reuth! Nane suld, but dammage, hym in harnes meit,25 Quhidder so aganyst him he went on feit, Or ȝit on horsbak, as thir knychtis rydis, With spurris brochand the fomy stedis sydis. Allace my child, so worthy to be menyt! Worthy tobe bewalit and complenyt!30 Gyf them thyne hard werdis mycht vincus, Thou salbe namyt the souerane Marcellus. Of fresch lilleis reke me my handis full: The purpour flowris I sall skattir and pull, That I may strow, with sik rewardis at lest,5 My nevoys sawle, to culȝe and to fest, And, but profit, sik costage sall exers. Apon this wys seir thingis dyd rehers Anchises; and thus wide quhar thai do walk Our al that regioun, haldand spech and talk10 Within the large feildis of hailsum air, And euery thing per ordour visseyt thar. And efter that Anchises, hand in hand, Had thus his son led our all that land, And his curage inflambit by and by15 With the gret fame tocum and hie glory: Syne to this valȝeant man he rekkynys heir, Per ordour, all the batalis and the weir Quhilk eftir this he had to ber on hand; And of the pepill eik in Latyn land,20 And of the cite of the kyng Latyne, He him instrukkis; and tharefter syne Taucht him quhat wys he myght sustene or fle Ever hard danger or aduersite. Thar bene ordanyt for dremys ȝettis twane,25 Quharof, thai say, of horn forgit is ane, At quham the suythfast swevynnys by and by Departis all ways, and ischis furth lychtly: The tother port is forgit wail perfite Of eliphantyne and polist evor quhite;30 Bot tharat goddis infernal lattis owt The fals swevynnys to the warld about. So as Anchises had, apon this wys, Rehersit, as said is, all thingis at devys, Sibilla and his son togidder at schort5 He leit depart furth at the evor port. Eneas spedis the strecht way to the schippis, And can vissy agane his falloschippis: Fra thyne thai hald, endlang the costis bay, Onto the port of Caiet the strecht way.10 Furth of the forschip leyt thai ankyris glyde; The navy raid endlang the schoris syde.

Eneas nurys, Caieta, can deces, Quhar ȝit the place kepis hir name, but les.

O Caieta, thou nurys of Ene, Thou has alsso, that tyme quhen thou can de, Ontil our cost or fronteris of Itale15 Gevin the bruyt and fame perpetual: Quhil this day the ilke place and sted Observis the renovn eftir thy ded; Thy tumbe and banys merkit with thy name In gret Hesperia witnessyng the same,20 Gyf that be ony glory now to the. The reuthfull than and devote prince Ene Performyt dewly thy funeral seruys; Apon the sepultur, as custum was and gys, Ane hepe of erd and litil mot gart vprays, And with bent saill syne furth his vayage tays: Eftir that asswagit was the deip sey,5 Thai leif the cost and sped on thar journe. The pyping wynd blew in thar tail at nyght, Nor the schene moyn hir curs and cleir lyght Has nocht denyit; so that the haw stremys Couth schyne and glittir vnder the twynkland glemys.10 The cost endlang the ile Circea Thai swepyng fast by, hard on burd the bra, Quharas the ryche sonnys douchter, Circe, Thai schawis, quhamto repar nane aucht tobe, With hir ythand sweit sang and caralyng15 Cawsys allway forto resound and ryng, And in hir prowd place of beddis all the nycht The weil smelland cedyr byrnys bright; With subtil slays, and hir hedlys sle, Rich lynȝe wobbis natly wefis sche.20 From this land redly on fer mycht thai her The gret rageyng of liones and the beir, Quhilk thai dyd mak, refusyng to be in band In silens, all the lait nycht rumesand; The byrsit baris and beris in thar styis25 Roryng all wod with quhrynys and wild cryis, And gret figuris of wolffis eik infeir, Ȝowland with ȝammering grisly forto here: Quhilkis all this crwell goddes, hecht Circe, By enchantment and forcy herbis sle,30 Had forth of mannys figur and estait Into wild bestis schap and form translait. Quhilk monstruos transmutatioun for the nanys Ne happin mycht onto devoyt Troianys, Gyf thai arryvit in thai portis nys,5 Thai cursit costis of this enchantrys, At thai ne suld do entir, ne thame fynd, Thar salis all with prosper followand wynd Neptunus fillit, and maid thame sail swiftly, All dangeris and gray schaldis careit by.10

As bryght Phebus, scheyn souerane hevynnys E, The opposit held of hys chymmys hie, Cleir schynand bemys, and goldyn symmyris hew, In laton cullour alteryng haill of new; Kythyng no syng of heyt be hys vissage,5 So neir approchit he his wyntir stage; Reddy he was to entyr the thrid morn In clowdy skyis vndre Capricorn: All thocht he be the hart and lamp of hevyn, Forfeblit wolx hys lemand gylty levyn,10 Throu the declynyng of hys large round speir. The frosty regioun ryngis of the ȝer, The tyme and sesson bittir, cald, and paill, Tha schort days that clerkis clepe brumaill: Quhen brym blastis of the northyn art15 Ourquhelmyt had Neptunus in his cart, And all to schaik the levis of the treis, The rageand storm ourweltrand wally seys; Ryveris ran reid on spait with watir brovne, And burnys hurlys all thar bankis dovne,20 And landbrist rumland rudely with sik beir, So lowd ne rumyst wild lyoun or ber; Fludis monsteris, sik as meirswyne or quhalis, Fro the tempest law in the deip devalis. Mars occident, retrograde in his speir, Prouocand stryfe, regnyt as lord that ȝer; Rany Oryon with his stormy face5 Bewavit oft the schipman by hys race; Frawart Saturn, chill of complexioun, Throu quhais aspect darth and infectioun Beyn causyt oft, and mortal pestilens, Went progressyve the greis of his ascens;10 And lusty Hebe, Junoys douchtir gay, Stude spulȝeit of hir office and array. The soyl ysowpit into watir wak, The firmament ourcast with rokis blak; The grond fadyt, and fawch wolx all the feildis,15 Montane toppis slekit with snaw ourheildyis; On raggit rolkis of hard harsk quhyn stane With frosyn frontis cauld clynty clewis schane: Bewte was lost, and barrand schew the landis, With frostis hair ourfret the feldis standis.20 Seir bittir bubbis, and the schowris snell, Semyt on the sward a symylitude of hell, Reducyng to our mynd, in euery sted, Gousty schaddois of eild and grisly ded. Thik drumly skuggis dyrknyt so the hevyn,25 Dym skyis oft furth warpit feirfull levyn, Flaggis of fire, and mony felloun flaw, Scharpe soppys of sleit, and of the snypand snaw. The dolly dichis war all donk and wait, The law valle flodderit all with spait,30 The plane stretis and euery hie way Full of floschis, dubbis, myre, and clay; Laggerit leyis wallowit farnys schew, Brovne muris kythit thar wysnyt mossy hew, Bank, bra, and boddum, blanchit wolx and bar;5 For gurl weddir growit bestis hair; The wynd maid waif the red wed on the dyke, Bedowyn in donkis deip was euery sike; Our craggis, and the front of rochis seir, Hang gret ische schouchlis lang as ony speir;10 The grond stud barrant, widderit, dosk or gray, Herbis, flowris, and gersis, wallowyt away; Woddis, forrestis, with nakyt bewis blowt, Stude strippyt of thar weid in euery howt. So bustuusly Boreas his bugill blew,15 The deyr full dern doun in the dalis drew; Smale byrdis, flokkand throu thik ronys thrang, In chyrmyng and with cheping changit thar sang, Sekand hidlis and hyrnys thame to hyde Fra feirfull thuddis of the tempestuus tyde;20 The watir lynnys rowtis, and euery lynd Quhislit and brayt of the swouchand wynd. Puyr lauboraris and bissy husband men Went wait and wery draglit in the fen: The silly scheip and thar litil hyrd gromys25 Lurkis vndre le of bankis, woddis, and bromys; And other dantit grettar bestiall, Within thar stabillis sesyt into stall, Sik as mulis, horssis, oxin and ky, Fed tuskyt barys, and fat swyne in sty,30 Sustenyt war by mannys governance On hervist and on symmeris purvyance. Wyde quhar with fors so Eolus schowtis schill In this congelit sesson scharp and chill, The callour ayr, penetratyve and puyr,5 Dasyng the blude in euery creatur, Maid seik warm stovis and beyn fyris hoyt, In dowbill garmont cled and wily coyt, With mychty drink, and metis confortyve, Agane the stern wyntir for to stryve.10 Repatyrrit weil, and by the chymnay bekyt, At evin be tyme dovne a bed I me strekyt, Warpit my hed, kest on clathis thrynfald, Fortil expell the peralus persand cald: I crosyt me, syne bownyt forto sleip:15 Quhar, lemand throu the glas, I dyd tak kepe Latonya, the lang irksum nyght, Hir subtell blenkis sched and watry lycht, Full hie vp quhirlyt in hir regioun, Till Phebus ryght in oppositioun,20 Into the Crab hir proper mansioun draw, Haldand the hight all thocht the son went law. Hornyt Hebowd, quhilk we clepe the nycht owle, Within hir cavern hard I schowt and ȝowle, Laithly of form, with crukyt camscho beke,25 Vgsum to heir was hir wild elrich screke: The wild geis claking eik by nyghtis tyde Atour the cite fleand hard I glyde. On slummyr I slaid full sad, and slepit sound Quhil the oriȝont vpwart gan rebound.30 Phebus crownyt byrd, the nyghtis orlager, Clapping his weyngis thrys had crawin cleir: Approching neir the greking of the day, Within my bed I walkynnyt quhar I lay; So fast declynys Synthea the moyn,5 And kays keklis on the ruyf aboyn: Palamedes byrdis crowpyng in the sky, Fleand on randon, schapyn like ane Y, And as a trumpat rang thar vocis soun, Quhois cryis bene pronosticatioun10 Of wyndy blastis and ventositeis: Fast by my chalmyr, in heich wysnyt treis, The soir gled quhislis lowd with mony a pew, Quharby the day was dawyn weil I knew: Bad beit the fyre, and the candill alyght,15 Syne blissyt me, and in my wedis dyght; A schot wyndo onschet a litill on char, Persauyt the mornyng bla, wan, and har, With clowdy gum and rak ourquhelmyt the ayr, The sulȝe stythly, hasart, rouch, and hair;20 Branchis bratlyng, and blaknyt schew the brays, With hirstis harsk of waggand wyndill strays; The dew droppis congelit on stibbill and rynd, And scharp hailstanys, mortfundeit of kynd, Hoppand on the thak and on the causay by:25 The schot I closit, and drew inwart in hy, Chyvirrand for cald, the sesson was so snell; Schupe with hayt flambe to fleym the fresyng fell. And, as I bownyt me to the fyre me by, Baith vp and down the hows I dyd aspy:30 And seand Virgill on a lettron stand, To write onone I hynt a pen in hand, Fortil perform the poet grave and sad, Quham sa fer furth, or than, begun I had; And wolx ennoyt sum deill in my hart5 Thar restit oncompletit sa gret a part. And to myself I said; In gud effect Thou mon draw furth, the ȝok lyis on thy nek. Within my mynde compasyng thocht I so, Na thing is done quhil ocht remanys ado;10 For byssynes, quhilk occurrit on cace, Ourvoluyt I this volume, lay a space; And, thocht I wery was, me list not tyre, Full laith to leif our wark swa in the myre, Or ȝit to stynt for bitter storm or rane:15 Heir I assayt to ȝok our pleuch agane; And, as I couth, with afald diligens, This nixt buke following of profond sentens Has thus begun in the chil wyntir cald, Quhen frostis doith ourfret baith firth and fald.20 Explicit tristis prologus; Quharof the altar says thus. Thys Proloug smellis new cum furth of hell; And, as our buk begouth hys weirfar tell, So weill according dewly bene annext25 Thou drery preambill, with a bludy text. Of sabyll be thy lettyris illumynate, According to thy proces and estait.

King Latyn of the goddis had command To wed hys douchter with man of onkouth land.

Tho gan the sey of bemys walxin red, And heich abuf, dovn from the hevinly sted, Within hyr rosy cartis cleirly schane Aurora vestit into brovn sanguane. Eftir the wyndys lownyt war at will,5 And all the blastis pacefyit and still, Out our the calm streym of marbill gray With ayris palmys sweip thai furth thar way. And suddanly heir from the stabillit see A large semly schaw beheld Enee;10 Amyddis quham the flude he gan aspy Of Tybir flowand soft and esely, With sworland welis, and mekill ȝallow sand, Into the sey dyd entyr fast at hand. The byrdis seir of mony diuers hewis,15 About the watir, abuf vp in the clewis, On bankis weilbyknaw and fludis bay, Wyth wryblis sweit and myrthfull sangis gay Gan meys and glaid the hevynnys and the ayr, And throw the schaw went fleand our alquhar. To turn thar course he gan his feris command,5 And stevin thar schippis to the sammyn land: Joyfull and blith thai entring in the flude, That dern about skuggyt with bewis stude. Now, thou my muse, Erato, I the pray, Do schaw me this, at I may scharply say10 Quhat kynd proces of tyme was, and quhat kyngis In ald Latium, and in quhat stait all thingis, Quhen first this strange army or falloschip In Italy gan arryvyn, euery schip: I sall declar all, and reduce fut hait,15 From the begynnyng of the first debayt. O thou sweit goddes, O thou haly wight, Convoy and tech thy poet to say ryght! I sall the horribill batellis schaw and tell, The bludy ostis, and the feildis fell;20 Quhou, throw thar curage, douchty kyngis seir As ded corps becum war, and brocht on beir: The power hale of all Tuscany, And all the gret rowtis of Italy Assemblit into armys on the land.25 Per ordour now thar risis apon hand Fer largear materis forto treit and write; A grettar wark begyn we to endyte. Tha boundis, with thar lusty citeis all, By lang proces of peax, in stait riall30 The king Latinus held in governyng: Or than full agyt was this nobill kyng; Quham, as we haue hard tald ful long agone, By kyng Fawnus engendrit was apon The mayd, or nymphe of Lawrent, Marica.5 And to this Fawnus fader was alsswa Picus the kyng, quhilk doith the represent, Saturnus, for hys fader and parent: Thou was the fyrst gan all thar blude begyn, The first fundment and cheif stok of kyn.10 By dispositioun of the goddis dyvyn, Son nor manchild nane had kyng Latyn; For alsmekill as his ȝong son, a page, Decessit was within his tendir age. The kyngis palice, and all that riall hald,15 All hyr allane a douchtir dyd withhald, Now reddy for a man, and cum to age In grene ȝheris to compleit mariage. Full mony nobillis into Latium Axit hir to wyf, throu Itale all and sum:20 Turnus hir axis, cummyn of hie parage, Abuf all other maste gudly personage, And tharto rich of frendis, and myghty Of eldris gret and riall anchestry; Quham kyng Latinus spows, queyn Amata,25 With diligens dyd procur, day by day, That he adionyt war thar son in law: Bot feirfull syngnys by the goddis schaw, And syndry terrouris gan tharto ganestand. Amyddis of the palyce clos dyd stand,30 With blisfull bewis, a fair grene lawrer, Haldyn in dreid and wirschip mony a ȝer; Quham this ilk prynce and fader Latinus Dyd consecrat and hallow to Phebus, For that he fand it growand in the feild5 Quhar he hys ryall palyce first dyd beild: The indwellaris of the grond, eftir this tre, Lawrentes onto name clepit hes he. Betyd a wondir takynyng for to say: A gret flight of beys, on a day,10 Careit our the sey heich throu the moist ayr, With lowd bemyng gan alycht and repar On the hie top of this forsaid lawreir; Intill a clud ful thik togidder infeir, Thar feyt al sammyn knyt after thar gys,15 A swarm, or ony wyst quhou or quhat wys, Hang from a florist branch of this ilk tre. Incontinent the spaymen cryis; We se A strange man tocum onto thir partis With a gret rowt, and, fra the sammyn artis20 Quharfra ȝon beis cam, sal hidder seik; Quhilk, for hys bonte and his thewis meke, Sail weild this palice and hie senȝeory. Abuf this, eik, betyd a mar farly: As kyng Latinus kyndillis, on thar gys,25 Apon the altaris for the sacrefyis, The clene schidis of the dry fyre brandis, Quhar that also fast by hir fader standis Lavynya the maid, his douchter fair; A selcouth thing to se, in hir syde hair30 It semyt the hait fyre kyndillit bricht, And hir gay clething al with lowis lyght Gan gleit, and sperkland birn vp in a bles; Hir ryall tressis inflambit, evil at eys; Hir crownel, picht with mony precyus stane,5 Infyrit all of byrnand flawys schane: And eftir that semyt this gudly wight Tobe involuyt in ȝallo reky lyght, And furth our al the place and rufe on hie The fyre blesys, thame semyt, skattirris sche.10 Certis, this was reput with ȝyng and ald A grisly thing and wondrus to behald; For the diuinys declaris by and by Quhat this feirful takyn dyd signyfy: That is to knaw, at this ilk maid suld be15 Of fame excelland and felicite; Bot to the pepill pronosticatioun cleir Of suddane batale and of mortal wer. Bot than the king, thochtfull and al pensyve Of sik monstreis, gan do seik belyve20 Hys fader Fawnus orator and answar, Quhilk couth the fatis for to cum declar; And gan inquiryng responsions alssua In the schaw vndre hie Albunea, Quhilk is a cheif gret forest, as thai tell,25 And namyt from a haly rowtand well, Quhar, from the erth, in dern wentis heir and thar, A strang flewyr thrawis vp in the ayr. Thiddir hail the pepil of Italia, And al the land eik of Onotrya,30 Thar dowtsum axyng tursis for ansuer, And thar petitions gettis assolȝeit heir. The kingis offerand and rich sacryfys The preist thidder gart bring, as was the gys, And, vnder silence of the dirk nycht,5 On scheip skynnys, weil spred and couchit rycht, Quhilk slane war in the sacrifice that day, He strekis him adovne and tharon lay, Demandand swevynnys and visions til appeir: On mervellus wys, thir fleand schaddoys seir10 And figouris nys dyd he se and aspy, And diuers vocis hard he eik fast by, And gan the Goddis carping bruke and joys, With speche of thai spretis that beyn yclos In Achyron, the depest pyt of hell,15 And thame that far doun in Avernus dyd dwel. The kyng alsso, that tyme, atour the laif, Heir wald him self his answer ask and craif: Ane hundreth wollit wedderis, weil ganand, In sacryfys he brytynnys for offerand,20 On quhais soft flesys, weil and dewly spreid, The kyng down liggis for that nyghtis bed. And suddanly, furth of the schawys clos, Sayand him thus, thar com a hasty voce: O thou my child, cummyn of my stok,25 Adres the nevir to knyt into wedlok Thi dochter til a man of Latyn land; Lyppin nocht in ȝon allyance reddy at hand. Tobe thi mawch sal cum ane alienar, That of his blude sal gendir sik ane air,30 Quhilk sal our name abufe the starnys vpbring; Of quhais stok the nevoys and ofspryng Vnder thar feit and lordschip sal behald All landis sterit and rewlit as thai wald, Als fer as that the son, circuland we se,5 Behaldis baith the est and westir seye.

Eftir Eneas com to Itale land, Maid sacryfice to the goddis with offerand.

The kyng thir ansueris of his fader Fawnus, And admonitions be nyght gevin thus, Ne hydis nocht, nor closys in his mouth; So that the fame tharof walkis full couth10 Our all the citeis of Italy wyde quhar, Quhen as the ȝonkeris of Troy arryvit war, And at the schor, vndre a gresy bank, Thar navy can thai ankyr fast and hank. Eneas, and othir chiftanys gloryus,15 And the fresch lusty springald Ascanius, Vndre the branchis of a semly tre Gan lenyng dovn, and rest thar bodeys fre, And to thar dyner dyd thame all adres On grene herbis and sonkis of soft gers:20 The flowr sconnys war set in, by and by, With othir mesis, sik as war reddy; Syne bred trynschouris dyd thai fyl and charge With wild scrabbis and other frutis large. Betyd, as was the will of Jupiter, For falt of fude constrenyt so thai war, The other metis all consumyt and done,5 The paryngis of thar bred to mowp vp sone, And with thar handis brek, and chaftis gnaw, The crustis, and the coffyngis all on raw; Ne spar thai not at last, for lake of met, Thar fatale four nukit trynschour forto eyt.10 Och! quod Ascanius, quhou is this befall? Behald, we eyt our tabillis vp and all! He said na mair bot this, half deil in bourd. Thame thocht thai hard a fatale voce or word, Quhilk was as finale end of thar vayage.15 Hys fader first of all, with glaid curage, The word reft from his mouth as that he spak, And followis on the answer stupefac: All hail thou grond and land, quod he, in hy, By the fatis onto me desteny,20 And ȝe, O trast Penates, said Enee, Al hail our natyve goddis, weil ȝe be! Heir is our dwelling place, quhar we sall leynd, Forto remane heir is our cuntre heynd. Certis, now I ramembir my fader Anchys25 Syk secret takynnis of fatis on this wys Schew and rehersit, sayand this to me: Son, quhen in sik hungyr thou stad salbe, As thou art careit till a strange cost, That, all the mesis etyn, done, and lost,30 Thou art constrenyt thy burdis gnaw and fret; Than thou, al irkyt, may thar beleif to get A sovir duelling sted perpetualy: Ramembir, in that place, or neir fast by, To found thy first cite with thi hand,5 Dychit with fowsys and wallys hie standand. This was that hungir tareit ws so lang; This sall mak end of our myschevis strang. Quharfor, to morow ayrly, I ȝou pray, First as the son vprys, we glaidly may10 Sers and inquir quhat place and land is this, Or quhat maner of pepill tharin duellis, And of thys kyth quhar standis the cheif cite; Lat ws seik syndry ways fra the see. Now mak we mery; away dolf hartis dull;15 Now skynk, and offer Jupiter cowpis full, And in ȝour prayeris and orisons infeir Do call apon Anchys, my fader deir: Bryng wyne agane; set in tharof plente. And sayand thus, with a grene branch of tre20 He dyd involup and aray his hed, And Genyus, the God of that ilk sted, He dyd wirschip, and gan in prayeris call Erth, the gret moder and first god of all, The Nymphis, and the fludis ȝit onknaw;25 The Nycht syne, with hir syngnys al on raw, And Jupiter Ideus of Ida, And Cibylla the mother in Phrigia; He gan also beseik, quhar that thai dwell, Athir of his parentis baith in hevin and hell.30 The Fader than almychty with cleyr lycht Gan thundir thrys dovn from the hevynnys hycht; And schakand in his hand, quhar as he went, A byrnand clowd, schew from the firmament, With fyry sparkis lyke to goldyn bemys,5 Or twynkilland sprayngis with thar giltin glemys. And tho belyve dywlgat round abowt is The noys and rumour throu the Troiane rowtis, The day was cummyn, and the place quhar thai Thar cite promist suld beld and array.10 For joy thai pyngill than fortill renew Thar bankettis with all obseruancis dew, And, for thir tithingis, in flacon and in skull Thai skynk the wyne, and wauchtis cowpis full.

Quhou Eneas ambassatouris dyd send To kyng Latyn with rewardis and commend.

The nixt morow, with his goldin lamp bryght15 As the cleir day dyd ayr and erth alycht, Thai boundis, costis, and the cheif cite, Diuers spyis went furth to sers and se; And fand ane stank that flowyt from a well Quhilk Numycus was hait, and eik thai tell20 This was the flude of Tibir thai had fund, And strang Latyn pepill inhabyt this ground. Tharwith Anchises son, the wys Enee, Per ordour chosyn of euery degre Ane hundreth gay ambassatouris dyd waill, To pas onto the kyngis sted riall, Bad beir the prynce rewardis for the nanys,5 And him beseik of peax to the Troianys. With fresch garlandis and branchis all thai be Arrayt of the olyve of Pallas tre; And but delay, as he thame chargit had, With swyft pays thai on thar message glaid.10 And he into the meyn tyme fast can spur Bot with a smal sewch, or a litill fur, To mark the fundment of his new cite; And fast by the ilk costis syde of the see Hys first mansioun, in maner as it had bene15 Ane ost of tentis stentit on the grene, With turettis, fowsy, and erd dikis ilk deill, He gan addres to closing wonder weill. Be this the ȝong men send furth in message Sa far has sped furthwart thar vayage,20 That thai the towris and the turettis hie Of kyng Latyn the cheif chymmys gan se. Vndre the cite wall childir and pagis, And lusty springaldis, al of tendir agis, Thar horssis and thar stedis dyd assay,25 And dantit cartis in the dusty way; And sum thar big bowis dyd bend and draw, Sum with armys leyt trymland dartis thraw, Baith with swyft curs and schuting so thai wirk, Ilkane bissy his party forto irk.30 Than, careit on ane hors, a messynger Brocht tithingis to the ancient kyngis eyr, A gret menȝe of sturdy men war cum, Cled in a strange habyt all and sum. The kyng bad bryng thame in his palyce sone,5 And set hym self amyd his eldris troyn. Thar stude a gret tempill, or sail ryall, Of Lawrent cite seyt imperiall, Belt with a hundreth staitly pillaris hie, Of kyng Picus the chymmys cheif to se,10 With semly schawys circulit, and lang hald In wirschip and reuerence be faderis ald; Quhar was statut by the consent common The kyngis suld ressaue ceptur and crovn, And of justice other ensenȝeis seir,15 And thar the baner fyrst rays for the weir. In this tempill held thai curt on raw; That was the set eik by thar gentil law Deput for hallowit fest and mangeory; And heir full oft at burdis by and by20 The heris war wont togidder syt all sam, Quhen britnyt was, eftir thar gys, the ram. And forthir eik, per ordour mycht ȝe knaw Within the cheif deambulatour on raw Of forfaderis gret ymagis dyd stand,25 Of ald cedir carvyt with crafty hand; Kyng Italus, and fader Sabinus That first the wyne tre plantit, stok or bus; The crukyt huke vndre hys weid held he; The ancyent kyng Saturn thar mycht thou se,30 And Janus statur eyk with dowbill face, With other pryncis porturyt in that place, From the begynnyng of thar first discens, Quhilk, of thar natyve cuntre for defens, In marcyal batale sufferit woundis sair.5 Apon the postis alsso mony a pair Of harnes hang, and cart quhelis gret plente, From ennemys war wonnyn in melle; The bowand axis, helmys with hie crestis, Of rich citeis ȝettis, stapillis, and restis,10 Gret lokkis, slottis, massy bandis sqwair, Dartis and scheildis hyngis heir and thar, And stalwart stevynnys, baith of irne and tre, Reft from thir schippis fechtand on the see. The ymage porturit was of kyng Pycus,15 Dantar of horssis, in chair sat gloryus, Cled in a ryal rob auguriall, And in his hand a ceptre wand riall, And in his left hand haldand a bukleir; Quham, revist for his luf, throu vennomys seir,20 Circes hys spous smate with a goldin wand, And in a byrd hym turnyt fut and hand, With sprutlyt weyngis, clepit a Speicht with ws, Quhilk in Latyn hait Pycus Marcyus.